Oak Level Baptist Church

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Greetings in the name of the risen Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ!

What a wonderful first few months of the year we’ve had by the grace of God! We have had powerful messages, inspiring Bible studies, great times of fellowship, and of course, a marvelous celebration of the price paid for our salvation and the victory of the resurrection during the Easter season. Now we’re on the threshold of May and June, where we’ll celebrate Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and our annual Friends and Family Sunday on June 21st. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I am very much looking forward to these special celebrations! If you’ve not been with us to worship, fellowship and celebrate let me invite you to be with us for our worship times. You’ll get a blessing from the praise, the fellowship, and of course the written and spoken Word! Just to give some previews: we are currently studying the Fruit of the Spirit in our Wednesday Bible studies and there will be a sermon series on Victory following on the heels of the original victory: the victorious resurrection!

How often, Christian, do you think of the victory you have in Christ? I know that difficult times will beat about us just as much as the wind beats about the building (more so now than years past). I know we have sickness, heartache, hurt, etc. But I also know that through our faith in Christ, we’ve already won the victory over these things. I remind you of Jesus’ words in John 16:33: …in the world you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. Christ desires that even though we may have to deal with difficult things on this side of eternity, we have joy (one of the fruits of the Spirit) and cheer because He overcame all of this through His death and resurrection. We who know Christ have overcome all these things with Him. So be of good cheer Christian, when the summer gets here and we’re all complaining about the heat. Be of good cheer, Christian, when it gets dry and we wonder if it will ever rain. Be of good cheer, Christian, when it sets in to raining and we wonder if the rain will ever stop. Bottom line: Christian, be of good cheer! Why? Because we’ve overcome it all with Christ!

Daniel
Phil. 4:13

BUSINESS MEETING
The quarterly business meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 14, at 6:00 PM. Please plan to attend this important meeting because a quorum is needed and your input is vital to the routine business of the church.

Deacons: Leading through Serving
There will be Deacon Nominations on Sunday, June 15. Start now to prayerfully seek God’s guidance on who He is calling to serve you at Oak Level Baptist Church. Current deacons serving are: Ben Morris (rotates off), Lance Frith, Brenda Ferguson, Debra Brown, and Donna Winebarger.

Family and Friends Day
On Sunday, June 22, we are celebrating Family and Friends Day. We will be grilling hotdogs and hamburgers after the worship service for lunch in the fellowship hall. Bring your loved ones, bring your neighbors, and bring your favorite side dish or dessert to go with the hotdogs/hamburgers provided by the church.

WMUV
Meetings
Tuesday - May 27 – 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday - June 24 – 6:30 p.m.

FOCUS ON WMU

OPPORTUNITY FOR MISSION GIVING
In May, the WMU of OLBC will be sponsoring a Baby Bottle fundraiser to help support the Pregnancy Care Center of MHC. By filling this bottle with loose change, cash, and/or checks, you are supporting an organization that will do all it can to reach mothers and protect the unborn in our community. If writing a check, make it payable to OLBC and designate your envelope for PCC of MHC. Return the bottles to the church by Sunday, May 11. Every cent donated helps save babies and help mothers facing crisis.

Through the month of June, the WMU will be sponsoring a missions offering to support Disaster Relief through BGAV. Storms in February brought historic flooding to Kentucky and several other states, including Virginia. Impact Disaster Response is currently deploying teams for cleanup to Hurley and rebuild to Damascus. The week of April 21 through April 26, HCBA sent a team of 16 to Damascus, VA to help rebuild 74 homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene. You can give to support the response knowing that 100% of your gift will go to the response. Our goal is $750. Be sure to designate your envelope or check as “Disaster Relief.”

Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who donated to the WMU Missions Project for the Pure Water, Pure Love ministry in April. The church collected $580 for this worthy project.

SCHOOL CLOSINGS FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER
The Wednesday evening service is NO LONGER tied to the notice of schools closing for inclement weather. The church office will send out an email IF there has been a decision to cancel Wednesday services or you can call the office or a deacon to verify the cancellation. For announcements concerning Sunday Morning Services, listen to B99 FM radio or watch TV Stations, WDBJ, Channel 7 or WSLS, Channel 10, for possible church cancellations.

THE GRACE NETWORK OF MHC
OLBC is just one of over one hundred congregations and other groups that partner with Grace Network to help families in crisis in Martinsville and Henry County. “Grace Network strives to give short-term assistance and to help find long-term solutions.” Each month we can help needy families by giving nonperishable food items, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and paper products. Check out the church bulletin to see what OLBC has pledged to give. You can be a part of this ongoing mission when you donate to this worthy cause. Visit their website at www.gracenetworkmhc.org to learn more.

Sharing the Love
Each week our folks are visiting friends throughout the community to let them know we love and care for them. Sometimes it is to sit and pray with someone suffering from injury or illness and unable to get out. At other times it's to get to know neighbors in the area and to introduce them to the ministries of Oak Level, if they do not have a church home of their own. In every instance it is another opportunity to go in the name of Jesus in order to be an ambassador of love. If you have never experienced the joy of visiting others or meeting new friends in this way, please know that you are more than welcome to join us. Visitation times are flexible according to your schedule, and there are plenty of folks that you already know who would be honored to go with you. Contact any deacon or the pastor for more information.

Newsletters
We publish our newsletter at Oak Level Baptist Church every two months. If you would like to have a copy, please feel free to download one of the newsletter PDF files.

For older PDF newsletters, please click to visit our Archive page.

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